Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast

Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast

Retro gaming chat with James, Keith, Adrian and Dylan plus interviews with a plethora of gaming legends. Almost a million downloads and 300+ episodes to enjoy. arcadeattack.co.uk/podcasts/

Episodes

July 28, 2026 69 mins

It's about time we tackled a subject we've managed to avoid the last ten years - PC gaming! Who else other than our James to tackle it - and this week he hits us hard with PC hardware memories from the gang and our wider community. We'll tackle the games next week.

You can watch us in the studio recording this podcast on our YouTube channel.

James' Amstrad pod

Blockbuster memories...

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Ken Rose was a programmer for both SEGA and Atari and worked on many classic titles, as well as some of the biggest unreleased games in gaming history. 

At SEGA he worked on Sonic Spinball, which proved to be a big hit. However, he also worked on many unreleased title such as Treasure Tails, which would have been the first spin-off game to feature Sonic's best friend Tails. Ken also started work on Segapede which would have be...

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If you want to watch this podcast, head over to YouTube.

It's Ade's turn to try and find some bargains with our Patreon money. He's chosen Blockbuster Retro near our hometown of Croydon and may (or may not) have bent the rules much to Dyl's annoyance!

Chuck in a sad car boot tale and a magic trick to make your head spin, and you've got our first EVER video-recorded studio podcast!

Ade's vid at Blockbuster Retro:

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July 6, 2026 77 mins

Dyl and Ade present...a lot of waffle and ten (sort of) underrated Amiga games that you should check out.

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" episodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month.

Find out more at:

https://www.patreon.com/arcadeattack

For our back catal...

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Erik Wahlberg is a true SEGA legend (and friend of Arcade Attack) and is the latest gaming guru to choose his 5 top games in the latest installment of Desert Island Diskettes. Will the Eternal Champions producer pick all SEGA games?! You better listen to find out!

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" episodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Beco...

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June 22, 2026 91 mins

We've kept you waiting long enough! Here's part two of James' mammoth trawl through survival horror games that defined the genre! Did we miss any? Pop them in the comments.

Links as promised:

Resident Evil 2 podcast

Dino Crisis podcast

Chrono Trigger pod

Resident Evil 3 pod

Silent Hill 2 pod

Resident Evil 4 pod

Heart...

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June 15, 2026 58 mins

James is taking on another biggie! Let us take you through (possibly) our favourite video game genre. It's time to step back into the world of survival horror...

Revisit our Clock Tower podcast:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/podcast-october-1-2018/

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" episodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters b...

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June 8, 2026 61 mins

Adrian picks out another year for a deep dive and it's three years short of the millennium, 1997! Some big things happened, take our word for it and listen to this podcast!

Read our interview with the guys from Running with Scissors:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/vince-desi-mike-jaret/

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters bu...

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Dan from ace retro gaming content creators (and fellow podcasters) SEGAGuys joins Dyl and Keith to discuss the five games he's have to kill time while stranded on a desert island.

I know what you're thinking, there's bound to be five Nintendo choices, right? Right??!

Grab SEGAGuys on YouTube or the podcatcher of your choice - you won't be disappointed.

The podcast is now WEEKLY! W...

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For the next instalment of AA retro hunters, James travelled a helluva long way to Caterham in... Surrey? What? Okay...

That Retro Place takes centre stage as James spends the princely sum of £16 on the MEGA DRIVE (or GENESIS, not MASTER SYSTEM) versions of Speedball 2 and Super Thunderblade.

The cafe's official website.

Here's the vid James made in the cafe:

https://...

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I didn't arrange anything special for our 350th pod so you'll have to make do with us talking about the Mario, Sonic and Street Fighter movies in great depth...

Just kidding! This podcast is a 60-minute face-off to see who's the movie royalty and who should just stick to video games.

FIGHT!

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" ep...

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May 11, 2026 66 mins

This week we continue our look at the Neo-Geo, with a focus on its legendary game library.

We also discuss SNK's place in the post-2D gaming landscape, as well as their various attempts to follow up on the Neo-Geo's success, including their recent ownership changes and even a little bit of breaking news...

You can listen to our Metal Slug podcast:

Metal Slug - Arcade Attack Podcas...

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May 4, 2026 55 mins

The myth...the legend...the console we could never afford! Join us as we take a a look at the formation of SNK, their early hits and the genius idea that revolutionised arcade ownership for the next decade.

We also look at the brave decision to bring the arcade's technology into people's homes, as well as how it was priced and marketed.

Next week, we'll be discussing the game library in more d...

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We sit down with gaming content creator and collector Lydia to ask about her 5 desert island games. Some amazing picks makes this one a must watch!

Please follow 'Lydgendary' on all available channels!

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month.

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April 20, 2026 70 mins

Join us as we have a free and easy chat about how gaming made and makes us feel.

We look at the highs, the lows and the everything in betweens. Does gaming still feel the same as it did?

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month.

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April 14, 2026 68 mins

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month.

Find out more at:

https://www.patreon.com/arcadeattack

AAAAaaaah it's time for another Arcade Attack Arcade Archive! Among the picks we've an old school classic; a Sega game where the sprites ...

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We put two giant retro gaming titles up against each other and ask our Patreons to decide the winner! We look at graphics, story, gameplay and music and ask which one takes that crown!

This time it's Chrono Trigger Vs Final Fantasy VI.

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per mo...

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March 31, 2026 68 mins

There are numerous "free" games available for download, but what are the benefits and pitfalls for the current-gen gamer? In the first of the series, the gang discuss Roblox, Rocket League and Fortnite while trying to offer advice in a very Arcade Attack/hamfisted way.

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget?...

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Dyl chatted to Bitmap Books supremo Sam Dyer about the five games he'd choose if he was stranded on a desert island. What did he choose? Lionel Richie is your only clue, enjoy!

Check out Bitmap Books' amazing library at their official site: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/

And Leaps + Bounds:

https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/leaps-bounds-a-visual-guide-to-nine-console-generations

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LucasArts are regarded as one of the best creators of point-&-click adventure titles. From Monkey Island to Indiana Jones, Maniac Mansion to Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango to Full Throttle and so much more. In fact, they created 15 legendary adventure games and for the first time ever they have now been ranked from worst to best!

Using a poll on the Point & Click Adenture Games Facbeook group (with over 64k members), we...

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